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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. -MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1917.
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MEETING TO
BE CALLED
FOR
KINO OF
TRAILS
National Meeting of the Kins: of
Trails Association to lx Held
at an Early Date.
At the state meeting of the King
of Trails Association for the state
of Kan-as, held in Kansas City, Kan
sa, on February 7th, the state as
sociation, of Kansa appointed a com
mittee to call together the different,
state organizations, and al! persons
desiring the row military highway,
the King of Trails. A committee was
appointed and instructed to notify
the different boosters organizations of
toe principal cities along: the route,
of the intention of the national meet
ing, of the King of Trails Associ
ation, so that any who mirht desire
t make a bid can do so.
It is estimated that there will he
between twenty-five hundred and
three thousand delegates in attend
ance. Tiie state of Kansas, state as
sociation held a very enthusiastic
meeting at Kansas City, Kansas, in
which was presented for hot contest, j
for the location of the highway across J
the state of Kansas. These contests :
were referred to the executive board. .
consisting of the vice-presidents ofj
tiie state association for a reeom- j
mendation to the national meetinc. '
A resolution was passed that this
meeting endorse the present good
rood roads legislation of the House,
and Senate at Topeka. Attention ;
was called to the fact that Ft. Leav- I
enworth i within two miles of bein
the exict- geographical center of this
highway.
.Judge W. W. Brown, of Parsons,
Kansas, was elected state president ;
"for the state of Kansas, and Dr. J.
C. Cornell, of Parsons, elected
sec
go retary.
This is the highway that has been ;
before the attention of the public for
the past few months and has one of i
the livnet organizations oi any goou t
roads movements in the country. The
trail has been marked through this
city and clear to Winnipeg. Canada,
and a second trip of the routers will
make it one of the best marked roads
in the country.
THE JURY PANEL
FOR FEBRUARY
TERM DISMISSED
From Friday'? Daily.
The jurv panel for the February
term of the district court completed
their labors yesterday afternoon and
were excused by Judge Begley and
allowed to return home to look after
their own business affairs. The last
case taken up by the jury was that
of the State of Nebraska against
Robert Leland. charging the defend
ant with incest. The case has at
tracted considerable attention owing
to the nature of the charges, but the
evidence offered al! the way through
was very favorably to the defendant,
Mr. Leland and it was clear to see
that the jury must return a verdict
in his favor. The appearance cf Mr.
I. eland on the stand in his behalf was
verv convincing to the jurvment and "ant maae u impossioie .o uo a
it onlv required a little over five effective work in checking the flames,
minutes from the time they were sent uhich had secured a good start before
out to deliberate until they returned thc were discovered. The building
with a verdict of not guilty of the was a two-story frame structure and
crime charged. At the close of the occupied by Joseph Tague and family,
trial Judge Begley thanked the mem- ; who however, were absent from home,
bers of the jury panel for their work being on a visit to relatives in Iowa,
at this term and allowed them to and owing to this fact the fire was
leave for their homes. The second j well under way before the neighbors
incest case was to have been tried at ' saw the flames bursting from the roof
this term of the district court has of the house, and in a very few min
been passed over the term and will not utes the whole building was a roaring
be brought up until the next term of ; furnace. It was impossible to save
the court in May. anything to speak of from the burning
A FINE LITTLE DAUGHTER.
From Fridav's Daily.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Holmes in this city was gladdened on seems to have been caused from corn
Wednesday, February 14, when a ; bustion of coal, of which there was a
bright little valentine in the form of a
charming little daughter made her ap-
pearance at their home. The mother
and little one are both progressing
nicely. : Mrs. Holmes was formerly
.Miss Grace Dalton of this city. -
THE BEVERAGE CASE DIS
POSED OF IN DISTRICT COURT
j From Frid;i v's Daily.
The case of the sovereign camp of
the Woodmen of the World against
Eliza Beverage et al., which was on
trial yesterday to determine the right
of the beneficiaries of the insurance
policy of the late George W. Beverage,
carried in the Woodmen of the World,
was passed upon yesterday by Judge
Begley, who .found in his decision that
one-half of the value of the policy was
the property of Ethel Beverage, a
daughter of the deceased, and one-half
, was to go to George W. Snyder, a
j nephew. The court accordingly or
dered that the clerk of the district
court pay over to the heirs named by
the court the amount of the value of
the policy, which had been deposited in
his office by the head officials of the
Woodmen of the World. This relieves
the Woodmen of the responsibility for
the policy which they have been de
sirous of turning over to the bene
ficiaries, and settles the matter.
J, S, BENSCHOTER
HAS ANOTHER
RUNAWAY
Fin ni Friday's Daily.
This morning shortly before the
neon hour the horse attached to the
milk wagon of J. S. Benschoter pro
f'eded to raise several varieties of ex
citement in a mad dash down Fifth
street from the St. Paul's church to
the alleyway in the rear of the Geise
saioon, and tnence aov.vi tne allev to
Waterman lumber offi.Cf whe;e it
was stfpped. Th- iiorse was stand
ing in the road near the church while
! the owner was delivering milk to some
of the householders, when tuddenly
! the animal decided that it was time to
and fvom the statement of the by
standers he sure wert some. The
; wagon collided wih that el Claus
Boetel near the Egenbergar corner and
here one wheel was lect. and another
parted company with the wagon near
' ii:- alleywaj, where thi hor.-e turned
cast for his joy rid. I.i the rear of
ooennichsen's store the animal made
so.cral revolutions with the wagon
ard narrowly escaped doing damage
to an i h.r wagon wnk-u was hitched
in the re:v- of the store. T!v; remains
of the dilapidated milk wagon struck
a fence post at the entrance to the
alley on Fourth street and ihe horse
was f.r.ally stopped by some of the
parties nearby. The route of the run
away was liberally strewn with milk
bottles along the entire way and the
loss to Mr. BeBnschoter will be con
siderable. This is the second time in
the last few weeks that the horse has
run away
10 RESIDENCE ON
WINTERSTEEN HILL
DESTROYED BY FIRE
One of the most serious fires of the
last year occurred last night shortly
before 8 o'clock, when the Vass resi
dence in the southeast part of the city
was completely destroyed by the
flames, and its distance from the fire
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nouse as tne neat and smoke was ter-
rific, and only a few articles were res
cued before the flames drove everyone
from the building. Just what was the
cause of the fire is not known but
large quantity stored in the cellar of
, the Kouse. The flames, leaping high
in the air, made the whole southern
sky bright with the lurid tint of the
, fire and attracted the attention of the
; entire city.
QUITE A
SERIOUS AUTO
ACCIDENT
Mark White's Car Turns Turtle, and
He and His Three Companions
Have Narrow Escape From
Instant Death.
From Friday'? D;iilv.
Quite a serious accident occurred
last night just south of the residence
of Mike Lutz on the Rock Bluff road,
when the Ford car of Mark White
turned turtle into a deep ditch along
the roadway and Mr. White and his
three companions had a narrow escape
from being pinned beneath the auto
mobile. The party had been attending
the wrestling match at Coates' hall
and left for home shortly after 10
o'clock, and when the accident occur
red they were not traveling at a very
high rate of speed. Where the accident
happened there is a sharp double turn
and it was in making this turn that
the accident occurred. The right wheel
of the automobile has not been in good
shape for some time, being weakened,
and when the sharp turn was made
the wheel gave way, hurling the car,
occupants and all over into the ditch.
The car turned completely over and
rested on the bank of the ditch and
a high woven wire fence and this fact
saved the members of the party, who
were lying in the ditch just under the
overturned machine. One of the party
had his overcoat badly torn by being
thrown into the wire fence and all
were badly bruised by the force with
which they were tumbled into the
ditch. Mr. White was in a dazed state
for a few minutes but suffered no se
rious injury, and Charles Reeves was
the only member of the party that
sustained any really serious injury, he
receiving a long cut over the right eye
that required several stitches to close.
The members of the party did not rea
lize for several minutes their plight
as they were all more or less dazed by
the experience, but were able to shut
off the engine of the auto, which had
continued to run with the machine
turned upside down. Mr. Reeves was
brought back to this city to receive
medical attention, and the whole party
were then taken the White home near
Rock Bluffs. This morning Harve
Manners proceeded out to the scene of
the accident to secure the wrecked
car and brought it back to this city,
where it was repaired and is now
ready for commission. The front wheel
was a complete wreck and two of the
rear wheels were damaged so that it
was necessary to replace them with
new ones, while the wind shield was
broken and the body of the car badly
scarred up in the mixup. Mark and
the members of the party can certain
ly consider themselves very fortunate
that the accident did not result in
crippling or killing some of them.
FUNERAL OF LITTLE
DAUGHTER OF MR.
AND MRS. KISER
The funeral services of Jennie Kiser,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Kiser
of Mynard, was held at the Eight
Mile Grove church last Thursday aft
ernoon at 2 o'clock, and interment was
made in Eight Mile Grove cemetery.
She was bom November 26, 1915, be
ing 2 years, 2 months, 18 days old.
Little Jennie Kathryn will certainly
be missed by all who knew her. Her
sweet disposition and child-like way of
expressing her love won the hearts of
all. Although her life was short the
world surely is better for her having
lived in it. The beautiful shower of
flowers that were sent by friends and
relatives all helped to show their ap
preciation of her life and their heart
felt sympathy to the bereaved family.
Rev. G. A. Randall of Union had
charge of the service.
ASKS TO HAVE NAME CHANGED.
An action has been filed in the dis
trict court by George Onde of Weep
ing Water in which he asks that his
name be changed to George Carley,
and the matter will be taken up by
Judge Begley on the petition.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT HAPPENS
TO CHARLES RICHARDS
From Friday's Daily.
This noon shortly before 1 o'clock
C. P. Richards, the carpenter, met with
a very serious accident while engaged
in some work at the carpenter shop of
Peters & Parker, where he is em
ployed. Mr. Richards was engaged in
cutting some hoard, for use in making
window frames, and was operatmir a
buzz saw at the time the accident hap
pened, the board with which he was
working slipped and allowed his hand
to strike the sharp teeth of the saw,
which was traveling at the rate of
2,500 revolutions a minute. The first
finger of the left hand was entirely
severed from the hand, while a por
tion of the thumb was also taken off
by the saw. Mr. Richards was at
once hurried to the office of a surgeon,
accompanied by Mr. Parker, who was
in the building at the time the acci
dent occurred, and the injured mem
ber was dressed and made as com
fortable as possible under the circum
stances. FUNERAL OF
A PIONEER
Remains of Mrs. Priscilla Noyes Laid
to Rest at River View.
The funeral of '-Grandma" Noyes
occurred from the Christian church
Sunday at 2 o'clock conducted by
Rev. Wachtel of the M. E. church.
The church was tilled to overflowing
.vith friends and neighbors who wish
ed to pay their last token of love and
respect to the departed.
Mrs. Priscilla Avers Noyes was
born at Beverly, Adams Co., 111.,
August i 1837. Died at her home
in .Louisville, AeD. t eD. iyi...
Aged 79 years, o months, 29 days.
She was married Christmas day lSo' .
She was the mother of five sons;
John Elmer. Charles E., George
Frederick, Frank Avers and James
Poland, three of whom survive her.
Owing to poor health John Elmer of
Corpus Christi, Texas was not able
to be in attendance at the funeral
services.
In the spring of ISfiT, she moved
from Illinois to Mills county Iowa,
md the following November came on
to Nebraska, locating on a farm 4
miles southeast of Louisville, pur
chased from Mr. Buskirk, the father
f Mrs. Theodore Boedeher. In the
spring of 1870 .she removed to Louis-
for about ten vears she moved to the
illage. After residing in Louisville
for about ten year she moved to the
present home where she died after
having been helpless for nearly a year
r.d a helf. She was converted at
about the age of 14. uniting with the
Baptist church to which she was al
ways faithful and nevr lost an op
portunity to say or do something for
her Master. She organized the first
Sunday school in Louisville, which
was conducted in the waiting room of
the B. & M. depot for about two
years. A village scnooi nouse oe
ing built at this time, the Sunday
school ayfd church services were
taken to the school house. She was
one of five charter members of the
Baptist church at this point and
never failed in her active church and
Sunday school work until compelled
to do so owing to failing health. She
made it her rale not only to attend
the services herself, but took her
family with her, and even in the past
fifteen years, when she could not her
self attend she always felt responsi
ble for all in the home to be present
at every Sunday service.
She leaves to mourn her loss three
3ns and their families, eight grand
children, one sister, besides the nieces
and nephews that loved her as a
mother.
To the community she was "Grand
ma Noyes," and all that knew her
feel that they have really lost a near
and dear "Grandma." Louisville
Courier.
Philip Schafer and wife of Nehawka
motored to this city Saturday after
noon for a short visit with friends, and
to attend to some important business
1 matters. Mr. Schafer was a pleasant
caller at this office.
finv
MARRY YOU
AYS
AOMAM
Speaker at Retail Dealers' Con
vention Tells of Communi
ty Spirit.
"The problem o: merchandising is
the social problem, not dollars and
rents; competition is the life of trade;
f'trgtt competition, think about what
j ou are going to spend, not what you
are coing to get, think about what
you are going t'. sepnd riot what you
are going to save, and marry your
self to your town."
This is the ail vice that John R.
Boardman, of Chicago, organizer of
Business Men's A-:.ociati 'ns gave to
Nebraska Retailers, in a spicy talk
Wednesday morning on the subject of
"Community Life." Boardman has
been engaged in community work for
twenty-live years, during which time
he has worked in o'oo different com
munities in the United States and
Canada.
He told the association that Ne
braska needed clear-thinking business
men. "Something is wrong in the
business life, or the mail order houses
aid farmers' organisations would not
exist." declared the speaker.
''The greatest menace to a mer
chant is the merchant himself. Some
merchants ae only bundle wrappers
and clerks. There is no reason for
;h' mail order houses and farmers"
organizations. Every merchant
should subject himself to a rigid ex-,-mi
nation.
"There is too much social distance
oetween the man in town and the
man in the country. Touch your el
bows with the other fellow and busi
ness will come in mighty strides."
"Kill the man who locks up his store
at a certain hour and then sneaks
.round the back and opens up again.
Smack him. between the eyes and lay
him cold, for if you don't give him
the knockout blow he will surely kill
you." asserted Boardman.
"Get in your tin lizzy and go out
into the countrv where the folks are.
Talk with the farmer, eat with him
md once and a while go out and
sleet) with him under a blanket be
neath God's shining stars.
"Marry yourself to the town, mar
iv everv man, woman, boy and girl
in your town and the town will give
you competence. Think about what
vou will rive, what you receive will
tale care of itself; think about what
you will spend, what you save will
take care of itself.
After a brief outline of school
training for business and profession-
.1 men in his remarks on the subject
of "Relation of the State University
to the Business Interests of the State"
by Chancellor Avery. Prof. J. E.
Rossignol. director of the School of
Commerce and its Functions."
"We feel that a long felt want has
been filled, but of course we are apt
to exaggerate our own importance,"
:-iud the speaker. The supreme need
of the hour is better trained business
men, but how and when to get the
education is the problem. Business
men have no time to go to school and
hence the time to receive education
is in youth."
"This is a new country and there
are manv opportunities. There will
be a demand in the east for western
men. The business world cannot de
fend on apprenticeship. We don't
expect schooling to take the place of
practical education. Experience of
the past is a body of knowledge which
should be studied. The rising gen
eration should be benefited by the ex
perience of the past. We must learn
from the experience of other people.
"Business men and teachers should
co-operate." The speaker briefly ex
plained the various branches of the
department of the university. He
advocated research work in commerce.
I. O. O. F. NOTICE.
The regular session of Platte lodge
No. 7, I. O. O. F. will be held Tuesday, '
February 20. At this time a proposi- j
tion of vital interest will be presented, j
Every member of this lodge is urgent- i
ly requested to be present. Transient
members of the order are welcome to
visit with us. By order of noble
grand. IL SIEVERS, Secy.
Dawson Will Fix It.
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THE GLD LIBRARY BUILD
ING BEING REMODELED
From S:i 1 1: nlav's Daily.
T'l? ld libary building rt '-be cor
ner of Fourth and Vine streets which
v. as recently purchased by J. V. Hatt
from the library board is now in the
state of Ix-ing remodeled into a resi
dence and when completed will make
a th at and commodious home in every
way. The building is one that is
veil built and with r he changes ne-cfssai-y
to complete the transforma
tion ii to a residence, will muke a
r.io-.c attractive homo. There is to be
six rooms constructed of the building
as well as a bath room, and each will
be of good size. A number of
changes will be made in the windows
of the building and the present ceil
ing will be lowered to allow if needed,
the use of the top story for addition
al rooms.
M. E. SMITH
COMPANY LEASES
NEW FACTORY
From Saturday's TMily.
The M. E. Smith company of Oma
ha, which has been operating a shirt
factory in this city for the past sev
eral years have decided to open their
plant in this city on a much more ex
tensive scale as they have just
closed a deal for the lease of the
Wetenkamp building through Mr. C.
C. Parniele and will occupy the build
ing May 1st, or as soon thereafter as
possible. The Smith company will
ccupy one of the rooms on the ground
floor of the building and the entire
second floor of the building with their
factory and this increase in the size
of the plant will permit the installa
tion of many additional machines to
care for the demands made on the
lines turned out by the Plattsmouth
factory. The owner will have the
building remodeled throughout for the
Smith company and it will be made to
conform to the needs of a factory of
this kind and when the changes con
templated are made it will be one of
the best arranged factories of its
kind in this portion of the state.
This is a matter that is of much in
terest to the citizens of Plattsmouth
as this company has during the years
it has operated a factory in this city
employed a large number of girls and
women in the operation of the ma
chines and with the improved condi
tions in their new location will be in
a position to employ a great many
more. Other cities have been endeav
oring to secure this plant or a similar
one and it is with pleasure that the
public will learn that this branch of
the Omaha company is not to be re
moved from this city, but is to take
up larger and more commodious
quarters in the new building. J. W.
Falter, the owner, will have the work
on the building started as soon as
possible and will do all possible to fa
cilitate the work of getting everything
in readiness for the enlargement of
the factory.
I)E LAVAL SERVICE DAY
At the store of the Murray Hard
ware and Implement company on
Wednesday, February 21, will be held
a service day for the owners and pur
chasers of the DeLeval cream separa
tors. On this date there will be a
representative of the DeLavaJl com
pany present at the store in Murray
to inspect and repair all DeLaval sepa-
( rators free of charge.' This is a splen
did opportunity for the owners of
cream separators to secure expert ad
vice on the care of their machines and
free of all cost. The farmers are
urged to ccme in early Wednesday to
have their separators inspected, and
the earlier they bring them in the
store the quicker the work can be
I handled.
ENJOYING LIFE IN FLORIDA.
Letters received in this city from
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Pearson of
Table Rock, who are sojourning in
Florida and enjoying the mild climate
of that state, indicate that they are
enjoying life to the utmost and having
the time of their life in picking or
anges and fishing and taking in the
sights of the tropical land. Mr. and
Mrs. Pearson sent back home a fine
large lemon, sixteen inches around and
seventeen inches in length, and it is
certainly some lemon.
MURRAY IS
HARD HIT BY
BURGLARS
Seceral Business Houses Were Bur
glarized, But the Store of Hiatt
St Tutt Seems to Be the
Biggest Loser.
From SntiTilay's
La-;t night or early this morning
our neighboring town of Murray was
visited by a gang of robbers w'tvt pro
ceded to do business on a wholesale
scale with the stores of the place and
secured a large amount of goods and
valuables as the result of their raid.
From the traces left by the robbers it
is evident that it was the work of the
same gang that has been operating
through the county in the last few
months, the means of getting into the
stores being the same as that used in
similar robberies throughout the
county. The firm of Hiatt & Tutt
seems to have been the hardest hit by
the raiders as something like S4no
worth of goods were taken from their
store including practically the entire
Brodeggard stock of jewelry which
was in the store as well as eighteen
pairs of shoes, a mackanaw coat and
a large number of boys overalls. The
Murray Hardware Co., was also one
of the sufferers from the unwelcome
visitors they having secured there a
large number of razors as well jis a
large stock of cartridges for th re
volver that they lifted from the Hiatt
&. Tutt store, and several e.ier.sive
pocket knives.
From all indications the robU-is
first visited the Farmers elevator of
fice as here a window was pried open
and an effort made to open the safe
which proved unsuccessful and the
robbers seemed to have taken things
easy at this place as the cigarette
buts lying around on the floor indi
cates that they were in no hurry in
getting away. At the elevator the
robbers secured a crow bar with
which thev proceeded to move onto
the other business houses. At the
Hiatt & Hutt stores the robbers were
compelled to uo a great deal of work
to get in as the back door which wa
heavilv barred bears the marks of
the efforts to force it open as does
also the windows. From the rear of
the store the robbers evidently pro
ceded to the front of the building
where the transom over the front
door was forced open allowing some
of the party, evidently a small person,
to get inv the interior of the build
ing to open the rear door of the
store. Here, as as the elevator, the
burglars evidently took their time in
operating, as several more half smok
ed cigarettes were found scattered
over the floor where the men had
worked gathering up the different ar
ticles. The jewelery taken belonged
to the Brodeggard company of Omaha,
and this stock was packed by the rob
bers in a suit case, which was stolen
from the store. The cash in the
drawer, $1.45 which had been placed
there after the days business had been
checked up was also taken, but as far
as could be discovered no attempt had
been made to open the safe as the
robbers were evidently not safe blow
ing experts.
The store of the Murray Hardware
Co., was entered for the rear, the
robbers first breaking into a small
shed connected with the main build
ing, then forcing out a penal of the
rear door allowing them to get into
the store room where they proceeded
to help themselves to the stock of
pocket knives and razors and the
stock of ammunition. The Pitman
elevator was also visited but so far as
could be determined nothing of value
was taken. Sheriff Quinton was no
tified of the robbery early this morn
ing and at once sent out notices to
the surrounding towns to be on the
outlook for the robbers, but as yet
they have not been landed.
A FINE VALENTINE.
From Friday's Daily.
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Parriott in this city will be pleased to
learn of ths splendid valentine that
was given them on Wednesday the
14th, at theii home in Peru, in the
shape of a fine little son and heir. The
mother and little one are Loth doing
nicely and it is needless to say that
the proud father is the happiest man
in Nemaha county at the present time.
Grandpa Ed Parriett is also feeling
very much pleased over the advent of
the young man that bears his name.
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